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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Post-occupancy evaluation"”.
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Comparing two post occupancy evaluation methods with an urban plaza test case
Post occupancy evaluation is part of a design-evaluation-design cycle in which designers learn from their successes and mistakes and subsequently improve their designs. But, if designers want to make most effective use of information collected in such studies they must be done reliably and …
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Looking good, feeling better, doing great: post-occupancy evaluation report on health care professionals workplace satisfaction
Work-related stress among health care professionals has resulted in high turnover rates, which in turn leads to serious problems in the health care industry. Previous studies have shown that visual design elements can affect or even mitigate health care professionals’ perceived stress and therefore …
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The Village of River Ranch: A Post Occupancy Evaluation of a Traditional Neighborhood Development in Lafayette, Louisiana
… and do not reflect real life. This thesis, a post occupancy evaluation (POE), examines how one TND works for its residents and whether it accomplishes the goals of the architect/planner. An additional, essential purpose of this POE is to serve the "feed-forward" role of informing future …
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Post occupancy evaluation of five story walk up dwellings : the case of four mass housing estates in Algiers.
… have been used in order to assess their evaluation of the various physical and non-physical features of their housing environment. Adaptive changes made to the original design of the dwellings have been recorded, as well as the space use patterns of the main living areas. The relationship …
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Rural Self-Help Housing: A Post Occupancy Evaluation of Homeowners' Satisfaction With Residential Space Plan Design and Housing Quality
The purpose of this research was to investigate the housing satisfaction of rural, self-help homeowners with respect to the interior of their houses. This research surveyed households' satisfaction with respect to housing quality and residential space plan design. Aspects of housing quality …
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Developing a model for the application of post-occupancy evaluation (POE) as a facilities performance enhancement tool in the higher education sector
Post-occupancy evaluation provides a mechanism for systematically evaluating facilities performance. However, the effectiveness of existing models within HE is subject to question with few institutions fully embracing its application. The research sought to establish the extent to which POE models …
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Potential influence of courtyard on indoor environment conditions of office buildings
… of literature review, environmental measurement, post occupancy evaluation and energy consumption data. To achieve the first objective of this research previous study assessed to gain information of the courtyard at vernacular architecture, contemporary vernacular and modern architecture in …
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Design guidelines for small community-based residential facilities for disabled children
… a discussion of the research methods used in the Post-Occupancy Evaluation of the existing facility. The result of these two sets of explorations was the creation of design guidelines for small community-based residential facilities for disabled children. Also included in this thesis is the …
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Understanding change : public space constructin in Bogota, Colombia, the Plaza de San Victorino
… users of the Plaza de San Victorino. By making a Post-occupancy evaluation of this recently constructed public space using participant observations, mappings and surveys, this MDS generates a set of design recommendations for the Plaza and a design proposal for its improvement.
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Comparison of Occupant Behavior in a Traditional, Green Featured, and LEED Certified Building Case
… pro-environmental behavior. To examine this, a Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) was conducted in a traditional, green featured, and LEED certified building case to compare the similarities and differences in environmental awareness, perceptions, and perceived ease or difficulty of …
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A framework for the assessment of nursing taks and environmental demands
… Assessment Tool (WEAT), which is used to conduct Post-‐Occupancy Evaluation of hospital wards. The two together forms the NTEA Framework, which offers a holistic approach to improving nurses’ quality of life in the workplace. The NTEA Framework may be used by facilities managers, human resource …
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Urban Data Memory: Using Generative AI to Structure and Visualize Zoning Data for Urban Planning Evaluation
… for addressing present concerns by the time of post-occupancy evaluation. This research examines whether generative AI can help bridge this gap and under what conditions - highlighting both challenges and opportunities - by introducing a system that responsively transforms qualitative zoning …
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THINKING MAKING AND LIVING ARCHITECTURE IN AN AGEING SOCIETY. THE TYPOLOGICAL PROBLEM IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE AS AN INSTRUMENT OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR PEOPLE LIVING WELL WITH DEMENTIA
… these three case studies is based on a one-time post-occupancy evaluation framework and is organised into three parts defined as “thinking, making and living.” The method reveals the principles for conceiving a new architectural type: the “open type,” which is grounded in the notions of an “open …
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Environmental Performance Evaluation of Heating and Cooling Between Sustainable and Conventional Office Building
… between the case study buildings. Therefore Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) methods were used including site visits, interviews, recording of heating and cooling systems, collection of heating-cooling consumption data, conducting thermographic surveys, applying Heating Degree Data (HDD) …
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Sustainable Schools: Beyond Measure ?
… of the four phase one buildings prior to occupancy was not sufficiently thorough. As a result, multiple operational problems were encountered post-occupancy by the Facility Management (FM) Provider. Thirdly, when the utility data was examined, the schools were not performing efficiently …
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Towards an alternative development approach to low cost housing delivery in KwaZulu-Natal province
… are the dominant policy models that the post-apartheid government has used to deliver low-cost housing for poor South Africans. While it has recorded some successes, records show between 1994 and 2013, the housing backlog actually doubled and housing targets have never been met. The rapid …